This pathfinder was created for Mrs. Cordell's Honors World History classes to use in their research on important figures of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment.

Project documents

Student Guide
Checklist and Rubric
Example Glog
Citation help
Sample Picture (Try right click and "Save as...")

Glogster tutorials

How to use Glogster video tutorial
Using Glogster slide show
Glogster step by step slide show
Detailed Glogster instructions slide show
Glogster Mac tutorial
Glogster tutorial glog

Guiding questions

1. Who were some influential people in Europe in the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment?
2. What were the contributions of these individuals that made them influential?
3. How were they shaped by their experiences?
4. How were they shaped by their relationships?

Multimedia sources

Use these sites to find images, music, and video to use in your Glog.

• Audio at the Internet Archive provides a lot of free audio files, which might be especially useful if your historical figure is a composer.
• SchoolTube has many educational videos and is also searchable from within Glogster. These videos shouldn't be blocked by the school's filter. This might be useful if your historical figure created works that could be performed and recorded, such as plays or music.
• Web Gallery of Art includes images of paintings created in the 11th through 19th centuries.
• Wikimedia Commons provides media which is free for your use. Be sure to read the Licensing information at the bottom of the page for any media you use.

General resources

• International World History Project Many university professors worked together to build this resource.
• BBC Historic Figures The BBC provides brief biographies of many important historical figures.

Resources by discipline

Before you start looking at these resources, remember that many important figures from the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment might fall into more than one category.

Philosophers

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a peer-reviewed encyclopedia; none of its entries are posted without being reviewed by academic professionals such as professors.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Another university-based encyclopedia.
• Concise Encyclopedia of Economics This site includes information about economists and their ideas.

Mathemeticians and Scientists

• History of Mathematics Archive includes biographies of mathematicians throughout history. It was created by two professors at the University of St. Andrews in the UK.
• World of Scientific Biography contains the biographies of many scientists.
• Chemistry in History: People from the Chemical Heritage Foundation describes individuals' contributions to chemistry.

Musicians and Artists

• Essentials of Music Click "COMPOSERS" at the top of the page to browse composer names alphabetically.
• ClassicalNet Master Composer Index provides biographical information for many composers.
• Global Gallery has Artist Biographies in its Knowledge Center.